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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: Women

‘Hot Mango Chutney Sauce’—a Pakistani girl’s struggle to live, bleed and die with dignity

In her path breaking anthology, ‘Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia,’ Farah Ahamed delves into the female menstrual experience—a largely taboo subject.

Male prisoners to male guards — Indian women prisoners’ quest for love in courts, hospitals

‘Women, Incarcerated’ lays bare the lived experiences of women in India’s prisons. It shows the collapse and remaking of everyday life.

Indian men work more but women have less leisure time

Using national representative data from the time use survey 2019-20 for India, we look at how employed young Indians spend their day. It shows a stark divide.

Young married women are sleeping less and working more in Indian homes, time-use data shows

We studied time-use survey to understand why there are so few young Indian women in paid jobs.

Women are better at mathematics than they think, this US study says

The evidence of the study provides hints at some of the causes of the gender discrepancy in perceived ability. However, there is much we still don’t know.

Even thinking of Menopause made 40-year-old Mona fall apart—until she found Dr Rosy

Dr Amrinder Bajaj decodes Menopause and its many stages in her book, ‘Live Your Best Life: Understanding Menopause for a Wiser, Happier and Healthier You.’

Maharashtra grandmothers are going to school, in pink saris, singing nursery rhymes

The Aajibaichi Shala in Thane district has only one room – but its 35-odd students are all elderly women who want to read and write.

‘Literature isn’t a samosa’ – Geetanjali Shree says Tomb of Sand celebrates older women, words

In a discussion in Delhi, International Booker-winner Geetanjali Shree says her book celebrates women and their lust for life, Partition is only a binder.

Size-inclusive brand ‘PowerSutra’ celebrates your hidden curves with its customised clothing options

With the aim to bring sustainable and affordable fashion solutions to the table, Dr. Pooja M founded PowerSutra which yields an option for customization of outfits for all sizes.

She Season 2’s edgy vulgarity will keep you watching. But it doesn’t take the series forward

She's dialogues are wonderfully crass but also unimaginative. From the police to gangsters to the prostitutes, stereotypes play out.

On Camera

China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?